Category: Finance
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NIH Grant Funds New Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
A biotechnology company developing regenerative therapies for neurological disorders is receiving a Small Business Innovation Research grant to advance an experimental treatment for spinal cord injury.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing Long-Lasting Diabetes Drug
A company spun-off from a University at Buffalo biochemistry lab is the recipient of a small business grant to design a once-a-week drug for people with type 2 diabetes to control their blood sugar and weight.
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Cancer T-Cell Start-Up Gains $150 Million in IPO
A three year-old company developing treatments for cancer with engineered T-cells from the immune system raised $150 million in its initial public offering of common stock.
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$3.4M NIH Grant Funding New ALS Treatments
A biotechnology company is receiving a grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to advance its experimental treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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115M Euro Grant for Precision Medicine, Trials in Autism
A new initiative in Europe is investigating the connection between a person’s molecular composition and autism, particularly when other disorders complicate that individual’s condition.
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Infographic – Immigrants Boost High-Value U.S. Start-Ups
Based on data from 2016, about half — 44 of 87 — U.S. start-ups valued at $1 billion or more were founded by immigrants, with India providing the largest number of these entrepreneurs.
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Investing – The Path To True Wealth
The fundamental difference between small business owners and employees vs. investors and big business owners is that the small business owner and employee are both trading time for money in a very linear and transactional way.
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Infographic – Graphene Investment in Decline
In a report this week, our friends at CB Insights note that the investment community is waiting for graphene to reach a critical commercial mass, but their patience may be running out.
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Virtual Biopsy in Development to Detect Melanoma
An engineering professor in Colorado is developing a new process for diagnosing melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that analyzes conditions in the skin without removing tissue samples.
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New Urinary Tract Infection Diagnostic Gains Funding
A company developing a desktop system for diagnosing urinary tract infections in as little as 30 minutes is the recipient of grant funding from a public-private consortium to combat drug-resistant microbial infections.